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Khalistro
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 05 Dec 2001
Posts: 32
Location: The netherlands |
Hi all,
I'm having troubles with playing Gothic on my computer. Well, not playing actually, but exitting. When I exit it takes quite a while for the game to exit, and the desktop te reappear correctly. Any other memory consuming program I run thereafter, locks up my PC. Doesn't matter if its Winamp, Mplayer2, Media Player 8, or Gothic itself.
I monitored memory and processor usage, and my memory stays low, at about 120-160MB I guess, and my processor keeps busy between 80%-100% which doesn't surprise me much.
I'm running the game in 1024x768 32BIT.
My specs are
AMD T-bird 1400 Mhz
256 MB RAM (No DDR)
Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2MX 32 MB AGP
40 GB 7200 RPM 100 UDMA HDD
Abit Motherboard, integrated sound, but don't use it.
Phillips USB boxes(Which acts as soundcard as well)
3Com 10Mbit network Card
M$ IntelliMouse Explorer
14" IBM Monitor
OS is Windows XP
All other games and apps run fine, and memory usage is fine as well, Gothic runs stable and smooth, I only ran into problems when screwing with Marvin Mode, but otherwise GREAT performance.
I wouldn't know what this could be, except some bad memory closeage problems.
If anyone would have any input, i'd be gratefull.
Thanks in advance,
Khalistro |
Thu Dec 06, 2001 9:13 am |
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wysiwyg
Head Merchant
Joined: 01 Dec 2001
Posts: 74
Location: Utah, USA |
I was having the same problem and upgraded to the newest Nvidia reference drivers. This seems to have solved that problem. I have a Geforce3 card. The card's manufacturer might have modified drivers but, in my case, they weren't up to date. |
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Thu Dec 06, 2001 2:59 pm |
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Khalistro
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 05 Dec 2001
Posts: 32
Location: The netherlands |
Hmmm, you might be right, but about a month anda half ago I upgraded my drivers already, because of Baldurs Gate, that was running very, very laggy.
But maybe tehy'll have some new drivers out now. I'll give it a shot tonight, or this weekend.
Thanks fot the info,
Khalistro. |
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Thu Dec 06, 2001 3:44 pm |
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wysiwyg
Head Merchant
Joined: 01 Dec 2001
Posts: 74
Location: Utah, USA |
Lately, you need to check at least once a week to keep up to date on Nvidia's drivers. They've been cranking out updates at a rapid pace!
I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.  |
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Thu Dec 06, 2001 3:56 pm |
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Khalistro
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 05 Dec 2001
Posts: 32
Location: The netherlands |
As long as my performance keeps cranking up with those update 
Khalistro
-Thank X for broadband internet- |
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Thu Dec 06, 2001 3:59 pm |
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Rendelius
Critical Error
Joined: 06 Jul 2001
Posts: 16
Location: Austria |
known issue, has to do with VIA, NVidia and XP. At the moment, the three parties blame each other for the problem.
It doesn't only happen with Gothic. It happens with most games. |
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Thu Dec 06, 2001 5:34 pm |
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Khalistro
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 05 Dec 2001
Posts: 32
Location: The netherlands |
Darn... Looks like I'm in for a world of pain then 
My motherboard has as VIA chipset, I have Nvidia drivers for my Geforce card, AND I'm running on XP....
Any date on a stable Linux port for Gothic yet???
Khalistro |
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Thu Dec 06, 2001 8:13 pm |
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Khalistro
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 05 Dec 2001
Posts: 32
Location: The netherlands |
Well, thanks wysiwyg.
My problems were over after installing the newest Nvidia pack drivers.
They said they weren't tested or certified for Windows XP, but I gave it a shot, and Gothic went down nice and smooth
Thanks alot,
Khalistro |
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Thu Dec 06, 2001 9:40 pm |
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Rendelius
Critical Error
Joined: 06 Jul 2001
Posts: 16
Location: Austria |
check out http://forums.viaarena.com (xp chat) for more about this problem. For some, 23.11 worsen the problem |
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Thu Dec 06, 2001 9:45 pm |
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